Mark Ballas

Tonight Aly Raisman and her three top competitors will compete for the very last time in a ballroom showdown to decide who will take home the coveted Dancing With The Stars Mirror Ball trophy.  Raisman is taking her lead from DWTS veteran Mark Ballas.The finals begin tonight on ABC.  Olympian Aly Raisman, Disney Channel star Zendaya, NFL player Jacoby Jones, and country singer Kellie Pickler have all earned a chance to dance for the grand prize - the mirrorball trophy.  But only one can...Read Full Story

ABCDancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas just revlead that he injured his lower back last week and that might mean he has to miss salsa-ing with partner Aly Raisman on Monday's show. The dance pro broke the bad news in a USA Today blog post, telling fans: “While trying a lift, I compressed two discs in my lower back and could hardly move for two days."He added: "The timing couldn't be worse, being that we have to know four dances this week even though we will only be performing two."But...Read Full Story

Dancing With the Stars pro Mark Ballas is adding another line to his resume. In addition to being a two-time winner, Emmy-nominated dancer and choreographer for 12 seasons, and an actor, he’s now a recording artist. Though he’s been performing for a while (and playing music since he was 9 years old), it wasn’t until this year that his hard work came to fruition. In an exclusive behind-the-scenes video teaser for Billboard, he reveals that he’s classically trained on the flamenco guitar and...Read Full Story

Mark Ballas may be a pro dancer, talented singer, and a total hottie, but he's also a mama's boy at heart. That's right, Mark fans. Mrs. Ballas, aka Shirley, paid her son a visit at the Dancing With the Stars Season 16 studios over the weekend. How adorable is that?! Click through the gallery to see Mark and his mama leaving rehearsals together and even going in for a hug. In other Shirley Ballas news, she recently told PopTV that the DWTS finale will have four people this year instead of...Read Full Story

Throughout Dancing With the Stars’ 16 seasons, the most notable injuries have been of celebrity contestants, but once in awhile, a pro dancer has to excuse him or herself from the competition. Sadly, from the looks of it, that may be Mark Ballas’s fate tonight. Over the weekend, Mark revealed that he sustained a serious back injury while trying a lift, and doctors say he compressed two discs in his lower back. He could “hardly move for two days,” and as of Saturday night, he was still...Read Full Story